The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-31


didn't want Mrs. Neasey to know any
thing about it, and be taking the vino
all out OF my sails, just told Mabe
to come again today and woult
have something furt her to say to her
Aud so shall cried Mrs. Torrance
taking breath with renewed viaor. :"
shall have to tell her that her sister
has been arrested for a thief and sh'
may 90 sing TO her in prison That
what RI tell her, the wicked, migrate
ful girl"
"Whch?" SAID Mr.. Torrance.
II don know how anybody can b'
go unfeeling," cried his wife: sit really
seems as if you were moe interested
in the troubles OF two beggarly sirl'
base enough TO rob your wife than in
your wife's troubles. Both
"But robbery is a very harsh term
Janet darling, where carelessnes'
may be the whole thing
"1'here it is again. My ca.elessness'
not their dishonesty. When ! went
TO the washstand / turned the ring Oh
my finger again, and there was the
stone gone.
"And how many times have | told
YOU that the careless habit OF wash
ing your hands with your rings on
wears of intnitesimal fractions OF the
gold till the stones are loosened in the
setting and drop out without Nour
being aware OF it?"
You are always so wise alter the
actl How do You know ! WASH go
ing to take my rings Off You are so
ready to find me at fault. But J
thought at first the stone must have
washed out"
$50 it seems you did wash your
hands with the ring on" said tht
turning worm.
"Yes, did. Therel And ] sent for
the plumber Immediately, Tor ! knew
if it had washed out it must have
caught in the first trap; and he
took up the trap, but it wasn't
there. And he said if he made n real
Job OF it, and went down to the main
something he might find it there; but
| thought that would cost more than
the diamond ITSELF"
Wise woman" groaned Mr.. Tor
rance.
"And SO. you see, didn't ACCUSE
Mildred IN the first place. ! searched
and took every precaution. ! didn't
think OF such thing until saw her
standing there turning more colors
than the lady in the lobster"
you don't say that you really have
accused her"
"Well, what il haves must lose
my diamond that my dear grandiath.
or gave me when was married, and
that | treasured so. and en-
dure it all in silence for iear
some little hussy's feelings will
be hurt. My feelings are OF no conse.
auence at all It isn't to be reckoned
to my account that ! was ready to
give her the diamond-and love dia-
monds. | don't think there's any
thing so beautiful in the whole world.
There's no other one thing that holds
so much in so little; | don't mean
money or money value. 1t is the
concrete essence OF sunshine-really,
materially. Once that Identical 81 one
of mine, ages before man was made,
was nothing but flood OF sunshine,
married to the wet AIR rs 1t reached
one spot OF the earth, and n wonder
full tree sprung from that marriage,
and lourished and lowered and fell,
n great strong marvel OF growth that
belongs TO those past cons when the
earth itself was but halt crystallzed
out OF it's gases, and that grows now
nowhere. For they can find any sub
stance now that can quite produce 1t.
| And that made my diamond-by slow
concentration. Or else, even ii 1t IL
not that, it is the very compression
! OF that ancient atmosphere, almost
all carbon. which hung over the earth
! i'm that first mystery OF chaos. And,
at any rate, it is OF the purest physl.
cal perfection known to-day, and OF
the simplest chemical composition.
I sou
"Mv love, how much you know
! You take my breath away. II seems
! to me wickeder to have stolen your
! diamond than to steal the Kohl
! moor"
1T is. The Bible says so. Nathan
/ talked to King David about the eve
| lamb. And that was all the diamond
I had. 1t would seem so TO you,
really, il your head clerk had stolen
| it, or anybody had stolen it but tins
pretty Mildred.
Bit, Janet, you are always so
positive" 49,, i,
How can you say So What am
ever positive about You wouldn't
have me distrust the evidences OF my
senses"
"a beg you pardon. ] can see as
far. and hear as quickly, and taste a.
keenly as any one alive And for you
TO begin TO run down my eyes now
perhaps they re not so bright as they